2025 CGSI Conference Sessions

A Case Study: Uncovering Patterns and Connections within Nebraska and Kansas Czech Communities using the CGSI Digital Library and other Genealogical Resources, Jason Cadek 

A Reprise of "Developing a Genealogy Research Strategy for Your Family: Part I - Strategy, Bill Tarkulich 

A Reprise of "Developing a Genealogy Research Strategy for Your Family: Part II - Research Methods, Bill Tarkulich 

Accessing and Acquiring the Records of Czech Republic and Slovakia: FamilySearch Efforts 2009-2025, Greg Nelson 

Ancestral Quest: Czech/Slovak Immigration Patterns, Sheri Volpe 

Beginning Slovak Genealogy, Lisa Alzo 

Birth and Death in Czech Folk Culture, Kate Challis 

Building an Empire: Austro-Hungarian Empire and Their Military, Sheri Volpe 

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker… What our Ancestors did to earn their Daily Bread. Helene Cincebeaux 

Can AI Help Me Find My Slovak Ancestors?, Lisa Alzo 

Cluster Research: The Key to Turning Dead Ends into New Discoveries to Find Your Ancestral Origins, Jill Johnson 

Czech Genealogy for Beginners, Blanka Lednická 

Czech Namesakes in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, Anna Cookova 

Dating Old Photos and Identifying People, Gary Clark 

Find It Yourself - Genealogical Resources Available On-line, Jan Dus 

Finding New Czech, Slovak, and German Records in MyHeritage Search Engine, Daniel Horowitz 

Finding the Farm and Interpreting Land Records, Gary Clark 

Genealogical Treasures in Military and Pension Files, Lori Berdak-Miller 

Genealogy as Reading between Lines, Jan Dus 

Genetic Genealogy Success Stories Showcase, Marek Blahuš 

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy, Joanne Sher 

Getting to Know Your Ancestral Hometown: Deciphering the Clues from Parish Records, Diana Bigelow 

History of Czech-German Relationships in a Nutshell, Marek Blahuš 

How Computers Can Help us Understand Czech, Marek Blahuš 

How to Use the Czech Heritage Newspaper Hospodář (1906-1960), Kate Challis 

Hussite Wars = Jan Žižka - Hero or Villain?, Jan Dus 

‘Kde domov muj' and 'Die 'Wacht am Rhein': Singing Loyalty and Disloyalty in Habsburg Bohemia during the First World War, Tamara Scheer 

Language Diversity in the Austro-Hungarian Army, Tamara Scheer 

Latest AI Innovations from MyHeritage, Daniel Horowitz 

Life in Bohemia and Moravia in the 18th Century, Blanka Lednická 

Panel Discussion: Planning a Genealogical Trip to Your Villages, Bill Tarkulich, Jill Johnson, and Helene Cincebeaux 

Panel Discussion: Women of Our Past, Diana Bigelow, Helene Cincebeaux, and Kate Challis 

Photo Restoration - The Latest One-Click Tools, Gary Clark 

Poor Widows? Surviving the Loss of a Husband in 19th Century Bohemia, Diana Bigelow 

Profile of Czech Migrants to the Midwest, Jan Dus 

Reconstructing the Families of a Czech Village, Wesley Johnston 

Researching at the Midwest Genealogy Center, Kate Smith 

Researching Czech Census Records, Greg Nelson 

Rus(yn) Over, Don't be Slo(vak), and Czech Out the Records at NARA - St. Louis, Lori Berdak-Miller 

Sokol - A World-Wide Spy Organization in WWI?, Anna Cookova 

Story of one Czech Family, Blanka Lednická 

Ten Things Every Slovak Genealogist Should Know, Lisa Alzo 

The 460 Austro-Hungarian POW's from First World War buried in the Crypt of Santa Maria dell' Anima in Rome, Tamara Scheer 

The War to End all Wars: Researching World War I Heroes, Mary Dempsey 

To the Depths of the Archives, Blanka Lednická 

Tracing a Czech Family Before, During and After the Holocaust, Joanne Sher 

Where are Baba's Records: Chasing Genealogy Clues to Find Elusive Female Ancestors, Lisa Alzo 

Why They Left?, Helene Cincebeaux